Accessibility:
A Year in Review
— by Rhiana Heppenstall, A11y Lead
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October '24
Process
Audits and Reporting
1.
Implementation and Support
2.
Future directions and goals
3.
Audits and Reporting
1.
Official WCAG reports.
Tickets and docs for various team
2.
Pick up
"low hanging fruit" and Level A tasks
3.
Training QA, developers and designers on their role
5.
Work on Level AA tasks.
Update WCAG Reports.
4.
Re-review cycles as improvements get released
6.
Improve on other areas of the business including new work
How?
Who?
NSW and various USA states
DoE
Companies
Requests and complaints
Customer
e.g. Stride
VPAT
(Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)
What?
Strengths
- Intuitive UX
- Voice actors
- "Gamifying" learning
Issues
- No video captions
- Canvas & HTML issues
- Some issues with colour and mobile UX
Where?
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Can Canvas be accessible??
– Everyone
But Why?
Accessible sites are boring
We just don't have the time/money
Implementation and Support
1.
Official WCAG reports.
Tickets and docs for various team
2.
Pick up
"low hanging fruit" and Level A tasks
3.
Training QA, developers and designers on their role
5.
Work on Level AA tasks.
Update WCAG Reports.
4.
Re-review cycles as improvements get released
6.
Improve on other areas of the business including new work
How?
Support
Meetings
#4
Marketing
#5
Implementation!
Old Designs
New Designs
Old Designs
New Designs
Background Music Toggle
Future directions and goals
1.
Official WCAG reports.
Tickets and docs for various team
2.
Picked up
"low hanging fruit" and Level A tasks
3.
Training QA, developers and designers on their role
5.
Work on Level AA tasks.
Update WCAG Reports.
4.
Re-review cycles as improvements get released
6.
Improve on other areas of the business including new work
Company Training
Writers
Design
HTML/CSS
JS
BE
Ops
QA
Content
- Third party assessors
- User testing groups including people with disabilities
Future Checks
Everywhere!
THANK YOU
Any questions?